Five for Good Friday

I'm linking up again with Doodle Bugs Teaching for the Five for Friday posts. Click the picture below to go to the original post.

I'm going to make this short and sweet before I head to bed.

1. This week was a short week at school. The kiddos were out today while we were in training.

2. I completed my two day solo for my second placement. I think things went pretty well, but I also think that the students in this placement do not respect me, or my authority, as much as my students in my first placement. I think it's hard for the first graders to have a new teacher begin in the room only 3 months before school lets out. They are used to their teacher and have established relationships and routines. I think I will have a better transition into my own classroom than the classrooms I have joined for student teaching.

3. I got observed during my two day solo, and everything went smoothly. My supervisor seemed happy with observing a CAFE mini lesson - on expanding vocabulary (see last week's post for a word collection freebie), and a session of Daily 5.

4. I ordered my cap, gown, and hood earlier this week for graduation. Graduation seems much closer now than I ever felt with my undergrad degree. In addition to ordering my cap and gown, I also finished my final portfolio for my degree. So the only requirements that I have left are: five day solo, one formally observed lesson, and a professional growth plan. The end is truly in sight!

5. Lastly, I have been passing out tickets to students to use to buy items at the 'souvenir shop' on our circus day. These tickets are given out for hard work, good behavior, and outstanding students overall. These tickets have helped student behavior and effort throughout the day. Students are always looking to see who gets the ticket for an activity. (Side note - I gave all students in the classroom a ticket after walking through the hall and hearing a fourth grade teacher tell her students that the first graders in my class should be looking to them as an example, and not the other way around. I was so proud that my students were following procedures at that time and that I was able to hear her talk about our class in a positive light.)

I guess that's all for tonight... Got to be up early to head to Louisville for a jam packed day full of friends and winery tour and tasting.

-Sami